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rules of the pension fund of the great central ralway company

1905

Sea to Sea Expresses, Liverpool, Grimsby, York and Hull

1914

England's Latest Port

1912

Great Central Railway locomotive, number 102

1911

Director class "Butler Henderson", Great Central Railway

1920

Letter regarding a memorial in Sheffield, Great Central Railway

1921

GCR Victoria Station Sheffield

1919

Letter regarding the unveiling of a war memorial

1922

Blackpool; For gorgeous sights

1920

Scarborough

A string of Pearls, The Gems of the Chiltern Hills

circa 1910

Step on at Grimsby for the Continent

1911

England's Greatest Poet

Great Central Railway and Other Railways in Connection

1910

Bell, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway and Great Central Railway, no markings, with bracket, ex Dunford Bridge Halt Signal Box.

Bell, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway and Great Central Railway

Boundary post, Cheshire Lines Committee, cast iron, Great Central Railway pattern, lettered "C.L.Comee", about 1900 to 1948.

Cheshire Lines Committee boundary post

circa 1900-1947

Carriage window glass, framed, etched, Great Central Railway.

Carriage window glass, Great Central Railway

Appendix to working timetable, Great Central Railway, Issue 6, 1 October 1914, 235 pages, paper covers, original colour buff, black binding.

Appendix to working timetable, Great Central Railway

1914

Ticket, card, Great Central Railway, "Turn on Another Companies Line".

Turn on Another Companies Line

Specification, Great Central Railway, Atlantic Type Locomotive 4-4-2, April 1905, 30 pages.

GCR 4-4-2 Specification

1905

Rule book, Great Central Railway, Rules and Regulations, 1912, 388 pages, blue hard cover, includes loose supplements dated 1913 and 1916.

Great Central Railway Rule Book 1912

Certificate, Great Central Railway to Edith Addison, special reward fund for merit in rescuing a passenger at Fairfield, 7th February 1916, first reward to female employee of GCR, colour printed in glazed frame, 516mm x 441mm.

Certificate to Edith Addison Great Central Railway

1916

Appendix to working timetable, Great Central Railway Issue 5, 1 January 1908, 248 pages, paper covers, original colour buff, unbound.

Appendix to working timetable, Great Central Railway

1908

Handbill, Great Central Railway, 'Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Oarkgate, Burton Point and Saughall', made at Stockport, 1906.

storeton, heswall hills, neston and oarkgate, Burton Point and Saughall

1906

Timetable cover, card, red with gold lettering, Great Central Railway, with the company logo.

Great central railway timetable cover

Album, Great Central Railway, illustrated official album.

Great Central Railway, illustrated official album

Music programme from Great Central Railway opening of the extension to london railway. Dated 9th March 1899. With gold border.

opening of the extension to london railway

1899

Commemorative medallion, Great Central Railway, alloy, commemorating the opening of Nottingham Central Station on Queen Victoria's birthday, 24 May 1900, Dimensions: 45mm dia.

Medallion commemorating Nottingham Central Station opening, Great Central Railway

Notice. Great Central Railway. Notice! Immingham Dock Bye-Laws. Notice is hereby given that the Great Central Railway Company intend to apply to the Boark of Trade for the confirmation of certain Bye-Laws.....relating to the Loading of Coal and the Use of the Coal Hoists. 5 September 1911. Black text on white background. With note added by the Port Master, Grimsby Docks, concerning the posting of this notice in the neighbourhood of Immingham Dock. Printed by Carr & Forman, Printers, 88 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby.

Notice! Immingham Dock bye-laws

1911/09/05

Notice. Great Central railway. Platform Tickets. Black text on white background. Printed by Chas Sever, Printer, Manchester.

platform tickets

Paper notice, Great Central Railway, Rotherham Weekly Zone tickets, September 1920(Other IDs 83/44/31).

Great Central Railway

1920

Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions. Return excursion tickets to Checker House, Retford, Leverton, Cottam and Torksey every Sunday, for 1/-. Dated July 1903 and signed by Sam Fay, general manager.

Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions

1903

Fare table, three copies, Great Central Railway, from Healing Station.

Great Central Railway fare table

Rule book, Great Central Railway, general, 1897, 344 pages, dark red cloth.

Great Central Railway Rule Book 1897

1897

Great Central Railway and British Railways Eastern Region drawings and photographs of Keadby Lift Bridge and Trowse swing bridge, c1912-1970. 1. Plan and elevation of Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge over River Trent at Keadby for Great Central Railway, 25 April 1912; 2&3. Site survey and general arrangement of Trowse Swing Bridge and environs over River Wensum by Rendel, Palmer & Tritton, consulting engineers, no date; 4&5. Photographs of Trowse Swing Bridge, 12 items mounted on two sheets.

Drawings and photographs of Keadby Lift Bridge

1912-1970

Guidebook, Great Central Railway, "A Short Description of Some of the Features of the Country", 1910, places along the line, 22 pages, soft cover. 9.0551 x 4.7244 in.

GCR - A Short Description of Some of the Features of the Country

1910

Guidebook, Great Central Railway, 'Historical and Antiquarian Notes from Annesley to East Leake', by R A Wilde, 23 pages, soft cover, inscribed with signature of May Wilde. 8.4646 x 5.5118 in.

GCR - Historial and Antiquarian Notes from Annesley to East Leake

Guidebook, Great Central Railway, "A Short Description of Some of the Features of the Country", 1910, places along the line, 22 pages, soft cover. 9.0551 x 4.7244 in.

GCR - A Short Description of Some of the Features of the Country

1910

Handbill for half day excursion from Sheffield to Zoological Gardens, Bellevue, Manchester, with enactment of the capture of Gibraltar, issued by the Great Central Railway

Half day excursion from Sheffiled to Zoological Gardens

1903

Handbill issued by the directors of Great Central Railway to shareholders briefly detailing vehicles available and asking them to influence traffic. Verse: map of sailings to the continent and above information in tabular form, January 1901.

vehicles available

1901

Handbill. Great Western & Great Central Joint Committee handbill for the opening of the South Aylesbury Halt 13 February 1933. Timetable and fares printed on the rear of the leaflet. Leaflet reference P4/2072/10, 9 3/4 inches x 6 inches

great western & great central joint committee opening of south aylesbury halt

1933

Notice, Great Central Railway, Wath Yard, Special working to be put into operation in the event of Wath Yard becoming congested owing to foggy weather or any other cause, 15 January 1909, (Other Association 82/25/27).

Wath Yard

1909

Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway handbill advertising cheap excursions to Cleethorpes and Grimsby on the 2nd July, 1885, to witness the opening of the new improvement works at Cleethorpes. Black ink on pink paper. June 1885.

Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway handbill advertising cheap excursions to Cleethorpes and Grimsby

1885

Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions to Checker House, Retford, Leverton, Cottam & Torksey. Dated July 1903 and signed by Sam Fay, general manager.

Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions to Checker House

1903

Diagram of gradients and details of arrangements of opening of line, Gowdall to Braithwell, on Hull & Barnsley and Great Central Railways Joint Committee, 1 May [1916].

Line diagram, Hull & Barnsley and Great Central Railway

1916

Appendix to working timetable, Great Central Railway Issue 3, 1 November 1897, 214 pages, cloth covers, original colour red, black binding.

Appendix to working timetable, Great Central Railway

1897

Guidebook, Great Central Railway, "America's Motherland", by T W D Smith, c. 1915, places to visit in Great Britain, cost new 1/- or 25 cents, 256 pages, hard cover.

America's Motherland

1915

Map, alternative routes, Great Central Railway, 1846, 1 inch to 7.5 mile, monochrome, published/printed by British Rail Planning Office, Euston, paper.

Map, alternative routes

1964

Circular, Great Central Railway, Payment to platelayers & Permenant way labourers, 13 October 1898, (Other IDs 76/25/611).

Great Central Railway

1898

Memorandum, Great Central Railway, relating to traffic from Robin Hood Station, East and West Yorkshire Union Railway.Re-invoice 233 & 566 referring to non-delivery of casting concerned 29 December 1902, (Other Associations 80/25/44; 1317/2/61).

Memorandum, Great Central Railway, regarding invoices

1902